Bill Text: CT HB05350 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5350 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05350 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05350-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5350*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1101

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 9-7b of the general statutes be amended to provide that, if a complaint is filed against an elected official, the State Elections and Enforcement Commission shall disclose all documents associated with the case against the elected official as a legal requirement, notwithstanding any other provision of law, and that, if there is no evidence of wrong doing, the commission shall dismiss the case after thirty days from the filing of the complaint and that such documentation cannot be used against the elected official under any circumstance.

Statement of Purpose:

To create a more open complaint and investigatory process for the SEEC.